Info: In this class we will cover how to Export and Use Picture Tubes.
1. Extract intclass4dl.zip you only need to do this if you didn't save the images in Class 2 and 3. Open intclass4dl1.psp click File || Export || Picture Tube. The Default settings are fine for this image because it is only 1 image so just type in what you want to name it and click Ok. Do this for the other 6 intclass4dl files. For those of you who completed classes 2 and 3 you know the hardest part of making a picture tube is getting rid of everything except what you want to tube using the selection and eraser tools. Note: Keep in mind that before you can export a picture tube there can only be 1 raster layer so make sure you Merge Visible (Merge All will not work as it turns it into a background layer) if you want to make a tube of an image containing more then one layer.
2. Now that you export some tubes let's learn how to use them. There are two ways you can use tubes. You can click File || Open and browse to where the tubes are saved and select the file you want to open. Copy and Paste it where you want. The intended way though is to use the Picture Tube tool as shown in steps 3 and 4.
3. Create a New canvas. (Click File|| New [Ctrl+N])
Width = 500 pixels
Height = 500 pixels
Resolution = 72.00 pixels
Background = Raster
Color Depth = 16 Million Colors (24 Bit)
Color = Transparent Checked
4. Click on the Picture Tube tool. Use the Drop Down list in Tool Options and select a tube you like. Click in the Canvas. Move your mouse and click again. Save (File || Save) and Close All (Window || Close All)
Info: The Settings button on Tool Options will show the saved settings of the currently selected tool. Scale lets you "Resize" the tube temporarily by scaling the size up or down. Step determines the number of pixels between the center of the original place and the center of the next placement (this only works if you hold down the left mouse button and drag). Placement determines how the images are placed. Continuous will space the images apart by Step size. Random will choose a pixel amount from 1 up to the maximum Step size. Selection mode determines the order that PSP chooses the next image to be pasted from the tube (this only works if there is more then one image in the tube). Random picks and image at random. Incremental selects images in the order they are placed in the tube. Angular selects images depending on the direction you move the mouse. Pressure is used with pressure sensitive devices and selects images based on the amount of pressure you apply. Velocity selects the image based on how fast or slow you move the mouse. Let's create a tube with multiple images and learn a few tricks along the way.
5. Create a New canvas. (Click File|| New [Ctrl+N])
Width = 100 pixels
Height = 100 pixels
Resolution = 72.00 pixels
Background = Raster
Color Depth = 16 Million Colors (24 Bit)
Color = Transparent Checked
6. Click the Preset Shapes tool and Reset to default. Settings: Shape = Ellipse, Retain Style = Unchecked, and Create As Vector = Unchecked. Set The Foreground color to Null and the background to #B1BFF5.
7. Place your cursor around (x:50 y:50) holding down the Shift key use the right mouse button to drag out a circle about 50 x 50.
8. Selections || Select All (Ctrl+A), Selections || Float (Ctrl+F), and Selections || Defloat (Ctrl+Shift+F). Add a New Raster Layer (Layers || New Raster Layer).
9. Select the Paint Brush tool and Reset to default. Change the size to 5. Change the Foreground to #000080. Paint the lines going across. Put one near the top, one around the center, and one near the bottom.
10. Click Effects || Distortion Effects || Twirl Amount = -400. Apply another Twirl but this time change the amount to 200.
11. Click Adjust || Blur || Gaussian Blur Amount = 1.00. Click Layers || Merge || Merge Visible.
12. Selections || Float (Ctrl+F) then Click Effects || 3D Effects || Cutout Settings: Vertical and Horizontal = 0, Opacity = 100, Blur = 20.00, and Color = #768FEC.
13. Selections || Select All (Ctrl+A). Selections || Float (Ctrl+F). Selections || Defloat (Ctrl+Shift+F) and Click Selections || Modify || Contract =1.
14. Copy and Paste as a new image. Click Effects || 3D Effects || Drop Shadow and Reset to default. Change the Vertical and Horizontal to 0. Click Ok.
15. Duplicate (Windows || Duplicate [Shift+D]) 5 times (you should have 6 marble images. Using one of the Colorize options learned in the last class change the color of the 5 copies so that you have 6 different color marbles. I used Colorize (Adjust || Hue and Saturation || Colorize [Shift+L]).
16. Create a New canvas. (Click File|| New [Ctrl+N])
Width = 150 pixels
Height = 100 pixels
Resolution = 72.00 pixels
Background = Raster
Color Depth = 16 Million Colors (24 Bit)
Color = Transparent Checked
17. Click the title bar of one of the marble images and Copy (Edit || Copy). Click on the title bar of the new image and Edit. || Paste || Paste as a new layer (Ctrl+L). Do the same thing for the other 5 marbles. You can close the marble images once you have them pasted.
18. Make sure the image with the 6 pasted marbles is active. Turn on Grid (View || Grid [Ctrl+Alt+G]) and Snap to Grid (View || Snap to Grad [Ctrl+Shift+G]). Click View || Change Grid, Guide, and Snap Properties. In the Current Image Settings section Horizontal and Vertical = 50, Units = Pixels, Color = Your Choice, and Snap Influence = 100. Click Ok.
19. Click on the Move tool. Drag a marble to each of the 6 boxes in the Grid they should automatically "snap" to the correct spot in the box when the mouse is in the box. You should have 2 box of 3 marbles. Layers || Merge || Merge Visible (can't export to picture tube if there is more then 1 layer). Click View || Grid to turn the grid off.
20. Click File || Export || Picture Tube Settings: Cells Across = 3, Cells Down = 2, Placement Mode = Random, Step Size = 200, Selection Mode = Random, and Type in the name of your choice. Click Ok.
21. Create a New canvas. (Click File|| New [Ctrl+N])
Width = 300 pixels
Height = 300 pixels
Resolution = 72.00 pixels
Background = Raster
Color Depth = 16 Million Colors (24 Bit)
Color = Transparent Checked
22. Click on the Picture Tube tool. Use the Drop Down list in Tool Options and select the marble tube you just exported. Click in the Canvas. Move your mouse and click again several times. See how the marbles are randomly selected. Change Selection mode to Incremental and click 6 more times. The marbles should appear in the order you placed them in the tube. Try holding down the left mouse button and drag around the canvas. Change the Placement to Continuous and drag the mouse around. Try changing the step size and dragging the mouse around again.
Notes: You should have a pretty good idea how the Picture Tube tool works and what the settings do now. As a special bonus I have written a special challenge tutorial for you to do. In the tutorial you will be creating a rope tube. If you are interested the tutorial is located at http://resources.ccsite.net/psptutors/rwbrope.htm. That's it I hope you enjoyed this class.
Tip: If you are having problems with a tube open it as a regular image and re-export it. Don't forget to change the settings accordingly.